As Twitchy reported at the end of January, Sen. Tammy Duckworth was flamed by supporters of President Biden after she said she was “profoundly disappointed” that Biden had not appointed an Asian-American or Pacific Islander (AAPI) as a Cabinet secretary. Duckworth said it sent the message, “You’re not important to us, you’re not diverse enough.”
On Tuesday, Duckworth upped the ante by saying that she’d be voting no on Biden nominees until Biden appointed AAPI picks to key executive branch positions.
Tammy Duckworth just told me she’s voting NO on Biden nominees until President makes commitment/ appoints AAPI picks to key executive branch positions. She said found it “insulting” that a senior WH aide last night pointed to Harris’ South Asian roots when asked about AAPI picks
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) March 23, 2021
"To be told that you have Kamala Harris, we are proud of her, you don't need anybody else is insulting…That's not something you would say to the Black caucus: That you have Kamala, we're not going to be put any African Americans in the Cabinet, why would you say that to AAPIs?"
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) March 23, 2021
She said until there are AAPI nominees to vacant positions — such as OMB, FCC or a commitment to a future Cabinet secretaries – she's a no vote.
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) March 23, 2021
"Until then, I am a no vote on the floor on all non-diversity nominees," she said, including sub-Cabinet choices and judicial nominees. She said she would support racial minorities and LGBTQ nominees.
After informing the White House, Duckworth said: "They will get back to me."
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) March 23, 2021
Fox News’s Chad Pergram confirmed that Duckworth said she would vote for minority or LGBTQ nominees.
A) From the pool. Dem IL Sen Duckworth on effort to get more diverse nominees: "I am a no vote on the floor, on all non diversity nominees. You know, I will vote for racial minorities and I will vote for LGBTQ. But anybody else I'm not voting for."
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) March 23, 2021
B) Duckworth: Says the "trigger" was being told by WH "Well you have Kamala, we're not going to put any more African Americans in the Cabinet because you have Kamala." Says that was "insulting."
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) March 23, 2021
This is called racism https://t.co/VTCC57cFun
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) March 23, 2021
By definition. Yep.
— ClayC (@clay34) March 23, 2021
People need to start suing politicians for making statements such as these. They are violating protected employment rights discriminating against race, gender, religion, etc
— Woke_Democrat (@vloggee) March 23, 2021
Shhhh… let them throw their own axes into the gears of the rush towards socialism.
— J D (@Jdkoa) March 23, 2021
How is that doing your job?
— tonia (@73_tdog) March 23, 2021
Democrats openly endorse racism. They simply rebrand it as "equity, inclusion, and diversity."
— Samuel Bravo (@realsamuelbravo) March 23, 2021
So … white men. Just say, "I'm not voting for white men" and own your bigotry. The woke keep trying to sound enlightened with all these mental gymnastics. It's just bigotry.
— thetiredmoderate (@thetiredmodera1) March 23, 2021
Blatant and should immediately disqualify her from holding any elected office
— Greg (@GreggyGreg181) March 23, 2021
The leftist rationale is basically “Sure it’s racist but don’t worry I have REALLY good reasons for being racist. No trust me, they’re noble reasons”.
— AOC Parody (@ParodyAoc) March 23, 2021
Well, that's pretty bigoted.
— Me (@Keefer1958) March 23, 2021
That's literally the definition of racism
— Mitch (@dtegg32) March 23, 2021
This is some serious nonsense
— NancyWilliamsPainter (@painter_nancy) March 23, 2021
To be fair, REAL racism has never been tried.
— Steve Cowan (@StivC) March 23, 2021
— Ramiro Treviño ?? (@Rage1969) March 23, 2021
Unbelievable. This is OUR GOVERNMENT we're talking about here. Simple fact is the BEST person should fill each role and the ONLY thing taken into consideration should be their qualifications related to the actual job no matter what race or religion they are. Period
— Eric (@HooovHearted) March 23, 2021
@SenDuckworth pic.twitter.com/MqA0ytiKei
— iBILLieve22 (@iBILLieve22) March 23, 2021
Guess actual qualifications don't matter, as long as you identify the way Duckworth wants. Absurd.
— RhonnMarney (@RhonnMarney) March 23, 2021
Glad to see some Democrats are honest in their pursuit to tear down all racial progress that has been made in the US
— Mike Smalling (@sneakysmalling) March 23, 2021
— Richard (@richardlee014) March 23, 2021
Declaring you won't vote for a nominee because of the color of their skin is the literal definition of racism.
You will hear zero peeps about this from the media or democrats while they continue to scream about racism being literally everywhere.
— Jim Martin (@The_Jim_Martin) March 23, 2021
How to announce you are a racist but try to spin it.
Virtue signaling at its finest.
— johnny troll (@burgersRyummy) March 23, 2021
So let me get this straight. Democrats will literally go out of their way to push racism on conservatives with literally zero evidence to back it up yet they can say shit like this and they will get a pass. Let’s fight racism with more racism. Great idea Dems
— Ryan Schnabel (@TheSchnabs) March 23, 2021
I love it. It's glorious. Democrats collapsing from their own racism.
— @CranePurveyor (@cranepurveyor) March 23, 2021
To be honest, we do kind of enjoy watching Duckworth tell everyone who told her, “What about Kamala Harris?” to STFU.
Related:
Sen. Tammy Duckworth gets flamed for expressing profound disappointment in the lack of diversity in President Biden's cabinet https://t.co/CzH0mKmxgo
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 28, 2021